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City’s of Oakland Environmental Report on Oakland A’s Project Fails to Protect Health and Safety of Local Residents, Says Community Coalition Zennie Abraham’s Note: The Oakland Post, long a critic of The Oakland A’s Howard Terminal Ballpark District Project, printed an article that’s worth reading. Because its not online, the digital version is presented here … Read more
Oakland Redistricting Commission Proposes Final District Map for Review and Comment 15-member Commission tasked with setting new district boundaries for the Oakland City Council and School Board Oakland, CA – Oakland’s independent Redistricting Commission is seeking public review and comment on Draft Map F3, the only map under consideration for final adoption. The proposed final … Read more
District 6 Matters Newsletter: We Are Off To A Great Start! MLK Weekend Events, First Council Meeting of 2022 & Community Updates From the Office of Councilmember Loren Taylor Two weeks into the new year, and we are already off to a great start! While we are still navigating the … Read more
First, before I go into blasting the City of Oakland for a major economic development failure, I want to thank Maria and Rick for their friendship and hospitality over the 18 years they have been open and we have been friends. Luka’s Taproom in Uptown Oakland (2221 Broadway, Oakland) was (but I now say “is” … Read more
Oakland District Six Councilmember and candidate for both re-election and Oakland Mayor (not a legal position to be in, but that’s for another time), took to Instagram to vent his spleen over the way Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunado Bas and Oakland District 4 (Oakland Hills / Montclair) Councilmember and Mayoral Candidate Sheng Thao … Read more
Oakland – The Oakland Fund for Public Innovation, in partnership with the City of Oakland, invites qualified Oakland cultural practitioners to respond to a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a new round of the Cultural Strategists-in-Government Program. The strategists will bring new perspectives and creative thinking to help City staff address some of the greatest … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKDb5D3ed-A ONN – Oakland Promise K2C FLG #8: Summer Resources YouTube Video – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Follow along as we share an abundance of resources for families to take advantage of throughout the summer break! For any questions, please email [email protected] or visit our website at … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kX0jN32G6Y ONN – Oakland Police Town Hall On Data Collection And Use To Fight Crime video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Powered by Restream https://restream.io/ via IFTTT Note from Zennie62Media and OaklandNewsNow.com : this video-blog post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest updated version of an … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W–ziWULUcI ONN – MEMORIAL DAY GETAWAY: Travelers flock to Oakland International Airport to get away for the Memorial – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Travelers flock to Oakland International Airport to get away for the Memorial Day Weekend via IFTTT Note from Zennie62Media and OaklandNewsNow.com : this video-blog … Read more
3rd Annual OUSD Celebration of Arab American Student Excellence Held Wednesday, May 26 2021 Oakland – The OUSD Office of Equity, Arab American Achievement Initiative Committee is excited to host the 3rd Annual OUSD Celebration of Arab American Student Excellence for young people across the District. The Arab American Achievement Initiative Committee is in its … Read more
13 Oakland Unified School District Staff Members Receive Numerous Separate Accolades From Outside of District Oakland – Staff members from across Oakland Unified School District are receiving remarkable recognition to finish off the 2020-21 school year. They include teachers, classified employees, football coaches and a social worker / project manager, and they’re being honored by … Read more
Oakland, CA – On Monday, May 31st, Congresswoman Barbara Lee will visit Tulsa, Oklahoma to commemorate the Centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. Congresswoman Lee (CA-13) plans to attend various community events with descendants of the Tulsa Massacre and members of the Black Tulsan community. “In one of the worst acts of racist violence in … Read more
Zennie62Media requested and was exclusively sent the letter and document below which arrived just 30 minutes ago, and for presentation to you. It rests as a follow-up to my interview with Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley, where Miley said that the City of Oakland had not shared any revenue numbers from the planned Howard Terminal … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqKs3z8zdWM ONN – Life & Legacy of F. M. “Borax” Smith – Oakland Heritage Alliance – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Explore the life and achievements of one of Oakland’s most colorful and successful entrepreneurs, Borax Smith. As a young man, Smith came west in 1867 to discover … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foiKVnriXxM ONN – Oakland A’s President Dave Kaval’s Las Vegas Tweet Pissed Off Fans, Leaves Howard Terminal Question – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Wow! #StanleyCup playoffs! @GoldenKnights pic.twitter.com/qVYYDSJc35 — Dave Kaval (@DaveKaval) May 25, 2021 For reasons best known only to himself, Oakland Athletics President Dave Kaval … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgH0upn0Q6w ONN – Rev. Dr. Rodney Smith, First AME Oakland: What Are You Looking At? Psalm 119: 37 – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. The FAME Experience (5.23.2021) Rev. Dr. Rodney Smith, Senior Pastor Rev. Amittia Bradley-Smith, Asst. Pastor Rev. Jeffery Williams, Minister of Music —————————————————————— Today’s Message: … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZga7EGR_7w ONN – Made In Oakland – New Hip Hop Rap By Fe Tha Don On YouTube – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Love the new single by Fe Tha Don On YouTube, and called “Made In Oakland”. Provided to YouTube by Translation Enterprises d/b/a/ United Masters Made … Read more
Once again, the Oakland A’s Howard Terminal Ballpark Project is the focus of The East Bay Times. And again, The East Bay Times (once the Oakland Tribune) in the article “A’s Howard Terminal proposal: Who pays for what, exactly?” did not correctly explain the financial system that governs the public-private partnership, tax increment financing, or … Read more
The East Oakland Stadium Alliance, the organization of, as it describes itself: …a coalition of longtime local businesses, workers, labor organizations, and Oakland community members who are deeply concerned about the Oakland A’s’ proposal to leave behind their current Coliseum location in East Oakland and build a new stadium in the middle of Oakland’s thriving … Read more
Hey Oakland, California Restaurant Owners – Small Business Administration Restaurant Revitalization Fund Last Day To Apply Is Monday, May 24th Washington D.C. – Small Business Administration Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced that eligible eating establishments have until Monday, May 24, 8 p.m. ET, to submit applications to the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. “If our nation’s food … Read more
SBA Hawaii District Office – Restaurant Revitalization Fund-Last Chance Webinar #2 The Hadwaii Pacific Islands District Office along with resource partners presents: Restaurant Revitalization Fund Webinar Last chance before portal closes!! Designed to ensure the smallest of small eating establishments get the relief needed, set-asides continue a commitment to an equitable distribution of funds to … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UR2h65iQS8&t=62s ONN – Dave Kaval’s Las Vegas Trip Mean Oakland A’s Are Rooted In Las Vegas, Not Howard Terminal? Part 2 – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Livestream: Dave Kaval’s Trip To Las Vegas Mean Oakland A’s Are Rooted In Las Vegas, Not Howard Terminal? Part 2 via … Read more
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NIKKI FORTUNATO BAS, DISTRICT 2 VICE-MAYOR REBECCA KAPLAN, AT-LARGE COUNCILMEMBER CARROLL FIFE, DISTRICT 3 May 14, 2021 Rob Manfred Commissioner, Major League Baseball Via Email Re: Oakland City Council Leadership and A’s Howard Terminal Project Dear Commissioner Manfred: I hope this letter finds you and yours well and healthy. The Oakland City Council … Read more
https://youtu.be/2Z9mHz0jdTU ONN – Howard Terminal Or Bust Dave Kaval Is Right Because Oakland A’s Have No Place To Go – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Howard Terminal Or Bust Dave Kaval Is Right Because Oakland A’s Have No Place To Go. Think Major League Baseball and the Oakland A’s have some place else to take the … Read more
Youth Beat to Host Creating in Place: Take 2, a Virtual Screening Party and Fundraiser on Tuesday to Celebrate and Support OUSD’s Aspiring Filmmakers Oakland, CA — On Tuesday, May 18, Youth Beat will host Creating In Place, a virtual screening party and fundraiser to showcase and support OUSD’s aspiring media makers. The event will … Read more
This is typical: a white so-called journalist I don’t know or who’s name I’ve never seen takes to white-owned social media to tag me simply because, when it all boils down to basics, I am holding an opinion that’s different and opposite their own on a controversial subject. I never call myself a journalist; I’m … Read more
The East Oakland Stadium Alliance, the group formed of Oakland-based firms that depend on the Port of Oakland and its land for their livelihood, are rightly concerned about their collective future in considering Howard Terminal as site for a ballpark for the Oakland Athletics. But, rather than advance a plan that has as its objective … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOicjRUIWEg ONN – Tony Buzbee Did Approach Deshaun Watson Reps For $100K Settlement Contrary To Recent Claims – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Tony Buzbee Did Approach Deshaun Watson Reps For $100K Settlement Contrary To Recent Claims via IFTTT Note from Zennie62Media and OaklandNewsNow.com : this video-blog post … Read more
The latest news on the Oakland A’s quest for a new stadium in Oakland (let’s forget the United States and relocation for a moment), has this emailed letter from Oakland City Councilmembers Nikki Fortunato Bas, Rebecca Kaplan, and Carroll Fife. It does not include the Mayor of Oakland, thus setting up the danger of a … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yonU4-77Pgg ONN – Pyro’s Pastrami Jack London Square Is Oakland’s Best Kept Secret – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Chef Cash Caris and Anahita Cann are the owners of Pyro’s Pastrami, a homemade pastrami sandwich pop-up they operate near a train station in Jack London Square in Oakland, … Read more
The East Oakland Stadium Alliance, the advocacy organization that has played an unproductive role in the matter of a baseball stadium ballpark for the Oakland Athletics, continues to push the idea that the Oakland A’s build at the dangerous site that is the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Complex. The photo above that marks this blog … Read more
In Lead Up to Announcement of 2021 Alameda County Classified School Employees of the Year, OUSD Announces District’s 2021 Classified School Employees of the Year Oakland – They are the glue that holds together Oakland Unified School District and ensures that our schools run smoothly. They are Paraprofessionals and staff from Clerical and Administrative Services, … Read more
Oakland –– A recent federal court ruling regarding the nationwide eviction moratorium adopted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not change the City of Oakland’s current eviction and rent increase moratorium, which remains in effect during the COVID emergency and until rescinded by the Oakland City Council. On March 27, 2020, … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60nq8KokmUI ONN – Talk’s Las Vegas Athletics For Oakland Relocation But Portland Has 50K Signatures For MLB Ballpark – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Talk’s Las Vegas Athletics For Oakland Relocation But Portland Has 50K Signatures For MLB Ballpark Somehow Las Vegas has been positioned as the front … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSHWEqG4BAM ONN – Livestream: Blame To Go Around In Oakland A’s Relocation Threat? Start With Oakland Athletics – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Livestream: Blame To Go Around In Oakland A’s Relocation Threat? Start With Oakland Athletics The day started with Oakland A’s President Dave Kaval’s letter to … Read more
Oakland’s Chief Information Officer Andrew Peterson Receives Harari Conscious Leadership and Social Innovation Award Oakland – Information Technology Department Chief Information Officer, Andrew Peterson has been awarded the Harari Leadership Award from the University of San Francisco (USF) for his work in bridging theory and practice in the fields of conscious leadership and social innovation. … Read more
Oakland City Councilmember Sheng Thao and Supporters of the Oakland Mutual Aid Collective Will Visit CCPA & CUES/Futures on Tuesday, May 11 to Distribute PPE Kits to Students Oakland – On Tuesday, students at CCPA and Community United and Futures elementary schools will receive a visit from Oakland City Councilmember Sheng Thao, Oakland Promise CEO … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcpzBw1BONc ONN – Sharing The Beauty Of Lake Merritt, Oakland, California – Mothers Day 2021 – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. At times, enjoying the first amendment for the sake of the first amendment is required. Rights we don’t use, we lose. And only exercising them for potentially … Read more
Oakland: As global trade booms, the container shipping industry is introducing another new vessel service at the Port of Oakland. The Port said today that Taiwan-based Wan Hai Lines launched its weekly AA5 Service here last month. The route links three ports in China and one in Taiwan with the Ports of Oakland and Seattle. … Read more
